by import | March 22, 2021 | Import Vessels
Ordered by Canada Steamship Lines of Montreal, QC in 1963; this vessel was originally constructed as a Great Lakes straight deck bulk carrier and was one of many similar vessels (known as “730-footers”) built for Canadian owners in the early 1960’s as a result of the...
by import | March 22, 2021 | Import Vessels
The barge Sarah Spencer started its Great Lakes career as the powered steamer Adam E. Cornelius. It was built at Manitowoc, WI, as hull #424 in 1959, and was named for one of the two founding members of the American Steamship Co. who died in 1953. In 1989, she was...
by import | March 22, 2021 | Import Vessels
By Skip Gillham The big self-unloader, a member of the Canada Steamship Lines fleet, started long term lay-up on December 23, l996. Not too long ago, this was the largest self-unloader on the Great Lakes. The hull was launched at Collingwood on July 23, l964, and...
by import | March 22, 2021 | Import Vessels
By George Wharton Built by S.B.A. Shipyards, Jennings, LA; this twin-screw lake and coastal tanker was launched Dec.5, 1973 as the Saturn(4) for Cleveland Tankers Inc., Cleveland, OH. The Saturn is powered by twin 1,750 horsepower V-12 cylinder G.M. diesel engines...
by import | March 22, 2021 | Import Vessels
Built in 1970 by Lithgows (1969) Ltd., East Yard, Glasgow, Scotland, as their hull # 1177, this ocean bulk carrier was initially laid down as the Bulknes but was launched on September 2, 1970 as Brooknes for Kristian Jebsens Rederi A/S, Bergen, Norway. Brooknes was...
by import | March 22, 2021 | Import Vessels
By Todd Davidson When the St. Lawrence Seaway officially opened in April of 1959, a new era was created for the Great Lakes. The demand for larger ships, both domestically and from around the world would shape the face of shipping on the Lakes. Upper Lakes Shipping...
